Sentences with phrase «early discussion focus»

The debate was held at Eastern Connecticut State University and much of the early discussion focused on college affordability and federal education standards.

A lot of the early discussion focused on high and rising tuition costs, in response to the question from moderator Omar Ha - Redeye, «Is the investment of time and money in law school justifiable if the student does not intend to become a lawyer?»

Although there was discussion on amending the Native Title Act prior to the Wik decision, the earlier discussions focused on improving the «workability» of the Act.

Not exact matches

In discussions with our friends at Microsoft — we saw that we were aligned on interests in finding, supporting and investing in AI focused startups in the early days and we worked together to develop the AI: Innovate competition which Microsoft is taking Global.

Studios is aggressively marketing «Man of Steel» to Christian pastors, inviting them to early screenings, creating Father's Day discussion guides and producing special film trailers that focus on the faith - friendly angles of the movie.

When our sermon formation group returned to our discussion table after our role play and shared further insights from our earlier historical - critical homework, two further revelations came into focus for the sermon.

[5] In this presentation, I will focus on two aspects of women's experience or the interpretation of women's experience, which I hope will give us an entry into our discussion of feminist / womanist [6] perspectives and praxis in the early church.

Much of the discussion about education focuses on the K - 12 years, but some early childhood education experts suggest...

Since the detection of the toxin microcystin left nearly half a million Ohio and Michigan residents without drinking water for several days in early August, discussions of ways to prevent a recurrence have largely focused on the need to reduce the amount of phosphorus fertilizer that washes off croplands and flows into western Lake Erie to trigger harmful cyanobacteria blooms.

Oral sessions and discussions will focus on how carbon is incorporated into a growing planet, what fraction is sequestered in the interior and what fraction returned to space, and how early planetary processes mediate these transfers.

Catherine Snow: Incorporating Rich Language in Early Education Educations Funders Researchers Initiative, November 18, 2013 «Taking on the task of improving reading skills, for all children and especially for those scoring at the bottom of the skill distribution, requires three simple things: first, we must provide all children with experiences designed to ensure a broad knowledge base and rich language before entry to kindergarten; second, we must redesign post-primary instruction to focus on discussion, analysis, critique, and synthesis; and third, we must redirect resources from testing children to assessing what is actually going on inside classrooms,» writes Professor Catherine Snow.

Those judgment - strengthening experiences are adaptable for students from elementary through high school, but this discussion will focus on students in their early teens — a critical period when their responsiveness to peer and social influences peaks as they strive to create their individual identities.

In the early 1990s he began to look to the notion of distributed cognition as providing a better way of approaching the area than focusing on what goes on in the mind of a single individual (Hatch and Gardner 1993)(see the discussion of social / situational orientations to learning).

In Roadmap for Early Childhood and K — 12 Data Linkages, DQC and the Early Childhood Data Collaborative (ECDC) recommend focusing on seven key areas to inform policy discussions and decisions; chart the progress of children, programs, and the state; strengthen and support the early childhood workforce; pinpoint best practices and areas of need; allocate scarce resources; and make other important education decisions everyEarly Childhood and K — 12 Data Linkages, DQC and the Early Childhood Data Collaborative (ECDC) recommend focusing on seven key areas to inform policy discussions and decisions; chart the progress of children, programs, and the state; strengthen and support the early childhood workforce; pinpoint best practices and areas of need; allocate scarce resources; and make other important education decisions everyEarly Childhood Data Collaborative (ECDC) recommend focusing on seven key areas to inform policy discussions and decisions; chart the progress of children, programs, and the state; strengthen and support the early childhood workforce; pinpoint best practices and areas of need; allocate scarce resources; and make other important education decisions everyearly childhood workforce; pinpoint best practices and areas of need; allocate scarce resources; and make other important education decisions every day.

She supports three groups of teacher scholars: the teachers at Anna Yates Elementary in Emery Unified who are focusing on academic discussion across all grades and disciplines, TK - 8; a cross-district team of Berkeley Unified music teachers investigating how to support students of color in pursuing musical education beyond the elementary years; and a group of Early Childhood Education Teacher Leaders in Berkeley Unified who are leading their colleagues in Professional Learning Communities with a focus on Social and Emotional Development.

At this stage we will continue responding to questions, discussions and comments while focusing on bringing the game closer to it's Early Access release.

«Our early discussions with Nancy around what television could mean on the Xbox platform went well and it became clear her expertise from the television industry could accelerate the strategy we were pursuing,» said Phil Spencer, vice president of Microsoft Studios, which has in the past focused on video - game production.

As with earlier work, this most recent series mates discussions of how natural form enters culture and how the cultured mind focuses back on its natural influences; contemplated are the origin and destiny of humankind and what movements and forms seem inherent to its physical and spiritual presence.

«Having a German artist's point of view focused the early discussion around the themes of nationalism,» Kramer said.

The National Academy Museum and School will host a discussion with Pace artist Joel Shapiro about the evolution of his work from the late 60s / early 70s to the present, focusing on the development of form, its possible meaning, and the relationship between sculpture and drawing to the plane.

Join the museum's informal book group for a discussion of The Muralist, a novel by B.A. Shapiro that focuses on the early days of World War II and the dawn of Abstract Expressionism.

In this event Courtney J Martin focuses their conversation discussion on Himid's curatorial practice and her experiences in early life.

A particularly powerful thread, the importance of the Pentagon as a driver of innovation and market for effective energy technology, emerged in an earlier discussion involving three of the top figures in the federal government focused on advancing energy choices that will work for the long haul — Cathy Zoi, assistant secretary of energy for energy efficiency and renewable energy, Arun Majumdar, director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, and Jeffrey Marqusee, who runs environmental research and development programs for the Department of Defense.

The earlier discussion was focussed on a particularly interesting phenomenon — why, when the recent few years seem to show a global fall in temperatures, have there been two exceptionally large summer melt - backs in the Arctic?

The lessons to be learned from previous international negotiations formed the focus of the early part of the dialogue, followed by a broader and more wide - ranging discussion of the panoply of topics which must enter into consideration of alternative negotiation strategies.

If you submit a resume for a job, you have automatically focused the discussion very early in your acquaintance, which is like proposing marriage before you've even had a date.

The parenting intervention consisted of culturally tailored societal information combined with the Connect parenting support program.24 The culturally tailored societal information was developed based on an earlier finding from a qualitative focus group discussion.6 This part of the intervention constituted the first part of the program (2 sessions) and covered 3 themes: convention on the rights of the child, parenting styles (authoritarian and democratic parenting), and the aim and purpose of social services work with children.

The parenting intervention consisted of 12 group - based sessions lasting on average about 1 — 2 hours, combining culturally tailored societal information with the Connect parenting support programme, which has been described elsewhere.33 The first two sessions were designed based on results from earlier findings on qualitative focus group discussions.3 The aim of the culturally tailored societal information aspect of the intervention was to give Somali - born parents an introduction on parenting styles, the rights of the child, the family legal system in relation to parenting and the goal of the work of social services with children and family.

CFRP Director Dr. Cynthia Osborne joined other experts at the third annual Regional PK - 12 Public Education Forum in San Antonio on March 6, 2018 where the discussion focused on early childhood development.

The KidsMatter webinar held on 27 October 2015 focussed on supporting children affected by trauma, and focussed on a panel discussion about behaviours exhibited by Jack (aged 10 years), Matilda (4 years) and Jacinta (11 months) in their early childhood and school environments, as they struggle to deal with the trauma resulting from witnessing past violence between their parents Fiona and Steve, who have now separated.

His plan has earned early learning a place on the state and national stage — but also makes it part of a discussion that will likely focus less on children and more on the realities of statutory wrangling, legal compliance and the realities of a state budget.

However, discussion focuses on the need for further external validation of extracted latent classes.The authors thank Daniel J. Bauer for his insightful comments on earlier versions of this manuscript.

Panel Discussion from the one - day Cross-Border Conference in Derry focusing on Alcohol Early Intervention Practice and Systems.

However, much of the discussion around classroom technology has focused on K - 12's older grades, with fewer insights on how the early childhood field is using tech to enhance teaching and learning and help teachers build more intentional relationships with children at this critical time for development and learning.

The discussion focused on callous and uncaring traits as an important mediating mechanism that could help researchers understand early developmental trajectories of pro-social behaviors.